Wildhorse Fire (ID)
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🟤 red/brown = burned
🟠 orange = active fire
Imagery: Sentinel-2 (Copernicus). Drag to compare smoke vs. infrared.
Heat detections: NASA FIRMS (last 48h).
Quick facts
- Location
- Lincoln County
- Cause
- Natural
- Complexity
- Type 4 Incident
- Jurisdiction
- BLM · Federal land
Spanning 3,000 acres in Lincoln County, Idaho, the active Wildhorse Fire continues to burn under the management of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) as a Type 4 Incident. Sparked by natural causes on August 24, 2026, the blaze is consuming federal land within a region where the typical fire season spans from June to October.
This fire unfolds against a broader national backdrop where 3,005,648 hectares have burned across the country so far in 2026, tracking 45 percent below the two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire has been burning in Idaho for 1 day. So far it has affected roughly 3,000 acres — about 12 km².
In the Northern Hemisphere, wildfire activity usually peaks during the warm, dry months — roughly May through October.
The bigger picture in United States
Across United States, roughly 3,005,648 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 45% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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